Konstantin Vasilyevich Dushenko (russian: Константин Васильевич Душенко; born October 16, 1946 in Moscow) is a Russian translator, culturologist and historian. His with the
. He authored over 30 books on the origins of various quotations,
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He translated various literature from
Polish
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, both works of fiction and scientific works. In particular, he translated many works of
Stanisław Lem
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. For this was he was awarded with the
Decoration of Honor Meritorious for Polish Culture
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Dushenko graduated first from the Moscow '']Tekhnikum A tekhnikum (russian: техникум) is a type of vocational school in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, as well as in modern Russia, Ukraine and some other post-Soviet states.
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'' of Automatics and Telemechanics and later from the Moscow State University
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, department of history. In 1977 he earned Ph.D. with the thesis about the ideology of Warsaw positivism ("Из истории польской буржуазной общественной мысли: Варшавский позитивизм в 1866—1886 гг.").["Teolog „częściowo dozwolony”"]
''Tygodnik Powszechny
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at fantlab.ru
Books
* Красное и белое: Из истории политического языка. — М.: ИНИОН РАН, 2018
*Цитата в пространстве культуры: Из истории цитат и крылатых слов. — М.: ИНИОН РАН, 2019.
*История знаменитых цитат. — М.: Азбука-Аттикус, 2018.
*Последние слова знаменитых людей: Легенды и факты. — М.: Эксмо, 2016.
* Большой словарь латинских цитат и выражений. / В соавторстве с Г. Ю. Багриновским. — 2-е изд., испр. и доп.— М.: Азбука-Аттикус, 2017.
* Большой словарь цитат и крылатых выражений. — М.: Эксмо, 2011.
* Всемирная история в изречениях и цитатах. — 2‑е изд., перераб. и доп. — М.: Эксмо, 2008.
* Русская история в изречениях и цитатах. — 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. — М.: Азбука-Аттикус, 2019. (В печати.)
*Мысли и изречения древних с указанием источника. — М.: Эксмо, 2003.
* Религия и этика в изречениях и цитатах. — М.: Эксмо, 2009.
* Словарь современных цитат. — 4-е изд., перераб. и доп. — М.: Эксмо, 2006.
* Цитаты из всемирной литературы от Гомера до наших дней. — М.: Эксмо, 2007.
* Цитаты из русской литературы от «Слова о полку…» до Пелевина. — 3‑е изд., испр. и доп. — М.: Азбука-Аттикус, 2019.
* «Большая книга афоризмов» (12-е изд.: М.: Эксмо, 2012; 13-е изд. под загл. "Большая книга мудрости и остроумия": М.: Эксмо, 2015).
* «Мастера афоризма от Возрождения до наших дней» (3-е изд.: М.: Эксмо, 2006),
* «Новая книга афоризмов» (М.: Эксмо, 2009)
*Оскар Уайльд. Мысли, афоризмы и фразы с указанием источника. (2-е изд.: М.: Эксмо, 2013).
References
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1946 births
Living people
20th-century Russian historians
Russian translators
21st-century Russian historians